Professor
Amy Hewes was quite an amazing woman indeed. She received her B.A. in 1897 from Goucher
College, received her
Masters' Degree from the University of
Berlin in 1900, and in 1903, she received
her PH.D. from the University of Chicago.
Her tenure Mount Holyoke College began
in 1905, and in 1943 she retired after
38 years of service.
Professor Hewes was a very well-liked and
respected part of the Mount Holyoke
College Community. Her success as a professor
is obvious in the amount of respect she
drew from her collegues and students. Not
afraid to tackle subjects that were cutting
edge for the day, Ms. Hewes had an intricle
role in the development of a number of
programs & legislature that we can
all be thankful for today. She was
the "executive secretary for the first
Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission which
adopted a
minimum wage law in 1912, a law that soon
spread to other states and later the federal
government, and today covers millions of
employees" (31) Professor
Hewes dedicated
her life to education
and social service. To her, we owe a great
deal of gratitude for her drive, devotion,
and committment.
